Masaki Kanda

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Masaki Kanda
Born	(1950-12-21) December 21, 1950 (age 73) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1976–present
Spouse	Seiko Matsuda (m. 1985; div. 1997)
Children	Sayaka Kanda

Masaki Kanda (Japanese: 神田正輝, Hepburn: Kanda Masaki, born December 21, 1950) is a Japanese actor.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] He is well known for his role as Doc (Akira Saijō in Taiyō ni Hoero!).^[5] His ex-wife is singer Seiko Matsuda and their daughter was actress Sayaka Kanda.^[6]

Biography

Kanda was born on December 21, 1950, in Tokyo.

He was recruited by actor Yujiro Ishihara and made his television debut in 1976 with Daitokai Tatakai no Hibi.^[2]

He married singer Seiko Matsuda in 1985, and the two had a daughter, Sayaka Kanda. The two divorced in 1997.

Selected filmography

Television

Daitokai Tatakaino Hibi (1976)
Daitokai Part II (1977) as Jin Sotaro
Oretachi wa Tenshi da! (1979) as Serizawa Jun
Taiyō ni Hoero!(1980–86) as Saijō Akira (Doc)
Onihei Hankachō (1992) episode 2
Akai Reikyusha Series (1994-2023) as Haruhiko Kurosawa
Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari (2000, 2002)
Seibu Keisatsu Special (2004) as Makoto Suzuki
Mito Kōmon (2011) Final episode
Downtown Rocket (2018)

Film

Caribe: Symphony of Love (1985)
Edo Jō Tairan (1991)

Culture Program

Asada! Namadesu Tabisarada (1997–Present) Host^[7]

References

^ 神田正輝　俳優 (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
^ ^a ^b 神田正輝　俳優 (in Japanese). Ishihara pro official. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
^ 神田正輝、裕次郎さんは「威厳、貫禄があり石原プロのお父さんのような存在」　栃木・宇都宮で「石原裕次郎の軌跡」展 (in Japanese). スポーツ報知. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
^ 神田正輝：「下町ロケット」に出演　15年ぶりTBS連ドラ　帝国重工の次期社長候補役 (in Japanese). MANTAN WEB. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
^ 太陽にほえろ！：ドック、ラガー、ジプシーが思い出語る　殉職への思いも (in Japanese). MANTAN WEB. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
^ 神田沙也加、熱望♪次は「子供ほしい」　父・神田正輝を絶対“ＪＩＪＩ”に (in Japanese). Sanspo. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
^ "神田正輝、『旅サラダ』放送1000回に感激「今の時代、大変なこと」". Oricon. Retrieved August 5, 2021.

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